The main event of the summer of 2012 was the Moscow International Film Festival, which is being held for the 34th time this year, from 21 to 30 June. The main platforms for showing the nominated films were the Khudozhestvenny and Oktyabrsky cinemas. Some films will be shown at the House of Cinema and at the Pioner summer cinema in Gorky Park.
The significant opening of the festival was the Russian film “SPIRIT” by Roman Prygunov, based on the novel of the same name by Sergei Minaev.
New Russian films are presented in the main competition. The film by Renata Litvinova "The Last Fairy Tale of Rita" and Andrey Proshkin "Horde" was shown again.
Other films presented in the main category: "80 Million" directed by Waldemar Chistek, "The Presence of Splendor", directed by the Italian Ferzan Osptetek, "All the Cops are Bastards" by the Italian director Stefano Sollima, "Grown with the Wind" by Rahbar Ganbari, "Bare Bay" by Aku Louhimiesa, The Apostle Fernando Cortiso, The Door by Istvan Szabo, The Gulf Stream Over the Iceberg by Yevgeny Pashkevich, The Cherry on the Pomegranate Tree by Chen Lee, The Wastes by Tindj Krishnan, Iyediri Stanislav, Branko Shmidt, "Expiration date" by Xenia Marquez.
Co-produced films presented at the international film festival as part of the main program: "Hellfire" and "Lonely Island".
The International Film Festival is most popular for showing films that have never been shown on the territory of the Russian Federation. The exception is special and flashbacks.
Russia is represented by the film "The Last Fairy Tale of Rita" by Renata Litvinova and "The Horde" by Andrey Proshkin. Renata is the leading actress and scriptwriter. The soundtrack for the film was written by Zemfira.
Out-of-competition works are no less interesting than those presented at the competition. Wes Anderson's "Moonland Kingdom" is worth seeing. The film attracted attention at the Cannes Film Festival. Ulrich Seidl's work is an equally interesting film called Paradise. Love". In general, there was a lot to see. Spectators and participants of the Moscow International Film Festival were satisfied.
